Posted on November 15 at 8:03 a.m.

There are better ways than a gate to deal with hill side slides. Fires happens more than slides. I would take legal action if that gate doesn't come down. It's like being in a house with bars on the window and only the owner has the keys in the master bedroom on the other end of the house. I think that the odds of people being caught in a slide vs the odds of them trying to escape a fire should be obvious in that area.

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Posted on November 15 at 7:56 a.m.

I'm an old Dos Pueblos high school graduate living in Virginia. Santa Barbara's GAP fire made WTOP radio and the Washington Post and my little Free Lance-Star newspaper. The only difference in coverage this time was all the interviews with Oprah and Lowe. GAP fire interviews were with people in shelters.

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